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Healthy City awards announced
27 September 2019

Belfast Healthy Cities ‘Healthy City’ 2019 awards announced

(via Belfast Healthy Cities)

Belfast Healthy Cities, the World Health Organization initiative in Northern Ireland has launched the ‘Healthy City’ 2019 awards, which recognise the work undertaken by organisations from all sectors towards improving the health and wellbeing of the people of Belfast.

This
is the seventh year of the awards, which have attracted a higher number
of entries year on year since their 2012 launch. Voluntary and
community organisations; public and private sector businesses; statutory
and other Government bodies can enter the Healthy City awards.

Belfast
Healthy Cities Chief Executive Joan Devlin has encouraged organisations
which helps improve the well–being of the citizens of Belfast to apply:

“In
the past we have winning entries from organisations which are not
typically associated with health promotion or with improving well–being
such as the Belfast Giants as well as Health Trusts and voluntary and
community based organisations which shows the work going on to promote
health and well–being across the city. Our awards showcase those
programmes that are striving to improve Belfast as a healthy city.

“I
would encourage organisations, whether it is a large public body or a
small voluntary and community initiative, to consider making an
application in any of our four award categories.”

There are four award categories, Promoting Health Equity; Healthy Places; Healthy Living and Engaging for Change.